Both my children are nearly grown--one is recently married, my son just joined the Army. My prayers these days are along the lines of, "Lord, they belong to you. Thank you that you fill up where I was lacking."

lisa... this is definitely my favorite so far. definitely. can i say, when i looked at the photos of your daughters, it made me long for girls of my own? there is such JOY in their faces. they seem to have such confidence in who, and whose, they are. you are doing such a good job. and what a beautiful prayer...

What beautiful girls. I love this blessing. I don't have children yet but I would like to. Even now, I cup my hand over my remaining ovary and I pray for their health but after reading this I want to pray for their [future] spiritual health as well. Frankly, I like this blessing so much, I want to print it out and ask the Lord to do this in and for me. What a beautiful picture of a life spent for Him.

LISA!! This is SO good. You should submit this for publication somewhere! At least print out to give to your girls and tuck them into their dreams... I got goosebumps imaging how my heart and world would've been changed by a mom who gave me the gift of these words. Save this and send them to college/adult season with this. Lisa, this was a classic. Can you tell, I love this? :) LOL. Thanks for keeping the light on for me...